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Hey folks,
I just heard a report from a friend today that the piece of webbing at the top of Frenchburg Overhangs is almost worn through. He didnt have a piece with him to leave behind, so its still in crappy shape. Apparently, it isn't very obvious because its hidden by the knot. I'd run down there and replace it, but it looks like I wont be getting back to the Red for possibly a couple weeks. Just thought I'd throw it out there for all you people.

weird- I climbed that in sept. and left new webbing and a quicklink at the top because there was none-

Last time I climbed it there wasn't any. I just set up a belay from the big tree.

Did your friend consider cutting down the manky piece of webbing? Especially since it looked like a trap waiting to kill somebody?

Rodents. I left fresh webbing on a route at the Dome once. It was half chewed through six months later.

Traddies probably should carry webbing along with their Depends undergarments, large ball sacks etc.

I'm the one who found the webbing. I wanted to cut it down, but I didn't have a knife with me and it was dark when we topped out so we couldn't re-climb it. I did turn the bad spot to the front of the tree so it would be obvious to the next party to climb it. I'll definitely keep a knife and some webbing on my rack after seeing that.

Don't really need a knife. To untie even a rock hard knot, just pound on it with any sort of hammer ( a rock will do) or stand on the knot and roll it under your shoe for a few seconds, it will soften up and untie easily. You can cut through any piece of webbing, in seconds, with another piece of webbing. Use a vigorous sawing action. Yes, it's a good idea to carry at least a few full length runners on any route that's not a bolt clip. I'm not trying to be a smart ass, just some suggestions.

That's good to know. I beat on it with a sharp rock for awhile with out any luck.

L K Day wrote:You can cut through any piece of webbing, in seconds, with another piece of webbing. Use a vigorous sawing action.

Absolutely true. My instructor in J-Tree demonstrated this --- on a piece of brand new webbing, it took under 10 seconds to cut when rubbed with another piece of webbing.